Context-Tailored Food-Based Nutrition Education and Counseling for Pregnant Women to Improve Birth Outcomes: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Malawi by Kamudoni, Penjani Rhoda

“…Intervention infants had greater birth length (P = 0.043) and abdominal circumference (P = 0.007) compared to controls, whereas other birth outcomes did not differ significantly. …”
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Civil Unrest and the Poaching of Rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park, India by Lopes, Adrian

“…This paper accounts for a period of civil unrest in Assam, India, which saw a marked increase in rhino poaching. Census data on the greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam are used to estimate a population growth function. …”
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Impact of Plant Life on Formaldehyde Levels in an Existing Office Setting In the UAE by AbuZayed, Isra Ibrahim

“…Recommendations for future research: 1) Conduct the research in a more controlled environment for optimized results. 2) Increase to plant / space ratio in order to achieve greater results.…”
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An imageable retinoid acid derivative to detect human cancer xenografts and study therapeutic dosing to reduce its toxicity by Wang, Wei

“…Our data demonstrate that the retinoid agent, but not the free dye, binds to the human tumor cells and is internalized, where it permits the imaging of human cancer xenografts. …”
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Isolation and study of Lipase activity of an olive oil degrading Thermoactionomyces SP. (c2002) by Al Khudary, Rami

“…The exceptionally high activity of lipase (2.37 U I ml) produced by HRK-1 measured in the cell free supernatant clearly indicated the commercial importance of this isolate, especially after it showed great stability at elevated temperatures.…”
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Thermally Conductive Polyethylene/Expanded Graphite Composites as Heat Transfer Surface: Mechanical, Thermo-Physical and Surface Behavior by Patrik Sobolčiak (4401364)

“…This enhanced surface wettability was retained over a long time with only a 9% and 18% decrease in RF and corona plasma-treated samples’ surface energy after two months. …”

A 28 nm CMOS 10 bit 100 MS/s Asynchronous SAR ADC with Low-Power Switching Procedure and Timing-Protection Scheme by Fang Tang (116243)

“…At 100 MS/s, the ADC achieves a signal-to-noise-and-distortion ratio (SNDR) of 51.54 dB and a spurious free dynamic range (SFDR) of 55.12 dB with the Nyquist input. …”

Suppression of Unstable Flow by Using Rough Surfaces at Small Mass Flow Rates in a Radial Diffuser by Salem, Hayder

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Total hip arthroplasty: Evolution of the use of dual mobility cups in Lebanon by Assi, Chahine

“…Recurrent dislocation, being a major reason for revision total hip arthroplasty (THA), was found to decrease significantly using dual mobility cup (DMC) compared to standard cups (SC), and that in both primary and revision THA. …”
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Life cycle assessment of compressed air, vanadium redox flow battery, and molten salt systems for renewable energy storage by Manal AlShafi (14778373)

“…The global warming potentials of compressed air and vanadium redox flow battery decrease by 0.599 and 0.420 kg CO₂ eq,/kWh, respectively in case photovoltaic electricity is stored instead of grid electricity. …”

Characterizing the dynamics of climate and native desert plants in Qatar by Meshal Abdullah (17746950)

“…Optimal rainfall events per year ranged from 10 to 15, with 70 mm being the threshold for healthy vegetation growth. …”

Board Characteristics and Bank Stock Performance: Empirical Evidence from the MENA Region by Antoine B. Awad (21591401)

“…However, we found that having frequent board meetings per year and separate roles for the CEO and chairman have no impact on bank stock performance. …”

Adsorption studies on the removal of coloring agent phenol red from wastewater using waste materials as adsorbents by K. Gupta, Vinod

“…Different thermodynamic parameters such as free energy, enthalpy, and entropy have been calculated and it was concluded that with the increase in temperature adsorption increases, indicating the endothermic nature of the process for both adsorbent materials. …”
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Corporate SDG adoption, share price synchronicity, and the role of incentive-compatible contracts in India by Sharma, Rajat

“…Using data from Indian firms, the analysis demonstrates that SDG adoption reduces share price synchronicity by enhancing stock market liquidity and attracting greater analyst coverage. The effect is stronger in non-state-owned firms and those with high institutional ownership. …”
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Personnel contributions to UN and non-UN peacekeeping missions A public goods approach by Gaibulloev, Khusrav

“…The positive response to the population variable supports this conjecture for UN missions, because a greater population base provides the recruits for peacekeeping operations. …”
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Integrated Water Resources Management Plan for the UAE by ALSHAIKH, SHAIKHA AHMAD

“…Increased human populations, rapid economic developments, and climate change have driven many countries in the Middle East to suffer acute water shortages. …”
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Engaging with readers: Students’ metalinguistic understanding of the use of pronouns in building reader-writer relationships by Debra, Myhill

“…Students’ metalinguistic understanding of the written academic argument is important both to increase writer independence and inform writing instruction. …”
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The global, regional, and national burden of inflammatory bowel disease in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 20... by Sudabeh Alatab (11257335)

“…The age-standardised death rate decreased from 0·61 (0·55–0·69) per 100 000 population in 1990 to 0·51 (0·42–0·54) per 100 000 population in 2017. …”

The effect of graphene structural integrity on the power factor of tin selenide nanocomposite by Manal Alsalama (17316895)

“…The calculated power factor increases with the addition of graphene and with increasing graphene milling time. …”

Reinforcement R-learning model for time scheduling of on-demand fog placement by Farhat, Peter

“…Nevertheless, taking a real-life scenario, the cloud might limit the number of fogs to place for minimizing the complexity of monitoring a large number of fogs and cost for volunteers that do not offer their resources for free. This implies choosing the right time and best volunteer to create a fog which the cloud can benefit from is essential. …”
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